Brain-based assessment and treatment alternatives for the 21st century AKA QEEG Certification Course

QEEG Didactic Certification Course

The next evolution in neurofeedback is QEEG!

June 17 – 19 & July 9 – 10 & July 30 – 31

Virtual Workshop

36 QEEG CERTIFICATION HOURS!

For all experience levels : Beginner to Advanced!

This workshop, which is uniquely taught by five qEEG diplomates with diverse backgrounds, provides not only an opportunity to fulfill the qEEG Certification Board requirements, but also provides a broad and up-to-date exposure to the current state of qEEG and neurofeedback. Attendees who are seeking qEEG Board certification, as well as those who have experience in qEEG and neurofeedback will find this a comprehensive and engaging workshop that by definition will include essential material to ensure a solid grasp of current qEEG concepts.

Learning Objectives:

  • Know the best subject inclusion and exclusion criteria for building a database.
  • Understand fundamental statistical consideration within databases.
  • Have knowledge about t-tests, alpha and p levels, correlational relationships, and z-scores.
  • Understand developmental changes in the EEG.
  • Understand the origins of the EEG.
  • Know what EEG signatures should be referred out to other professionals.
  • Be knowledgeable about Brodmann area functions and network connections.
  • Have an understanding of LORETA interpretation and training.
  • Be knowledgeable about general cognitive and clinical changes that take effect after neurofeedback training based upon publications.
  • Understand how clinical presentation may affect the EEG.
  • Explain sources in the brain from which various frequency bands normally emanate, and their physiological basis.
  • Explain how t-tests, alpha and P levels, correlational relationships, and z-score measures are used in qEEG and in neurofeedback.
  • Explain what defines the various montages and the circumstances of their use.
  • Describe how LORETA and sLORETA-based interpretation and training provide unique capabilities compared to surface metrics.
  • Have a working knowledge of the montages, transforms and power displays along with the specific perspectives they can provide a reader of qEEG output.
  • Understand phase and coherence, how they relate and what they can mean in the interpretation of the qEEG.

To Register:

  • Call (800) 447-8052 or (216) 766-5707
  • Email: info@stresstherapysolutions.com

Pay Using Paypal (see below)

Thursday, June 17th, 2021

9:00 AM to 9:30 AM – QEEG Prep Class

  • Review of qEEEG requirement
  • Distribute all class materials and explain the use of DropBox
  • Explanation of distributed materials and how to access them during class time
  • Explain how the exam is administered

9:30 AM to 10:45 AM – qEEG 101 – This subject matter is the foundation for the entire body of work presented in this workshop

  • Brainwave explanations
  • International 10/20 sites and Brodmann Areas
  • Interpreting Raw EEG – VERY BASIC – (Details will be covered in depth during the remainder of the course)
  • 3 montages
  • Basic artifacting
  • Interpreting FFT Absolute Power Maps and Absolute Power ZScore maps
  • Interpreting Alpha and Background Frequency
  • Interpreting Theta/Beta Ratio

11:00 AM to 12:45 PM – qEEG 101 Continued

  • Review and interpret several qEEG for practice
  • Interpreting and presenting the qEEGPro Report
  • Protocol selection based on the qEEG
  • Record keeping

Lunch: 12:45 PM to 2:00 PM
2:00 PM to 3:45 PM

  • The qEEG Report Template
  • Writing your own qEEG Report (5 reports required by the qEEG Board for Certification)

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

  • Q & A and Review

Jeffrey Reich
QEEG-D,DC, BCN

Thomas Collura
Ph.D, QEEG-D, BCN, LPCC-S

Friday, June 18, 2021

8:30 AM to 10:30 AM – Ethics for QEEG and Neurofeedback

(2 Hours)

Topics Covered

  • Scope of Practice
  • Scope of Compentence
  • State and Federal Laws
  • Ethical Guidelines
  • Professional Organizations
  • Publications
  • Research Standards
  • Protection of Client Data

Thomas Collura
Ph.D, QEEG-D, BCN, LPCC-S

Harry Kerasidis
MD, QEEG-D
10:45 AM to 12:45 PM – Neuroanatomy + QEEG Interpretation

(2 Hours)

  • Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology and EEG Frequencies Based in Brodmann Areas and Other Neuroanatomical Structures
  • Interpreting QEEG; using sLORETA, Live Z-Score

Lunch: 12:45 PM to 1:45 PM

1:45 PM to 5:45 PM – Neuroanatomical (4 Hours)

  • Pathways through the Brain based in Brodmann Areas and Other Neuroanatomical Structures

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM – QEEG Analysis & Neurofeedback Application – Presented by Harry Kerasidis (1 Hour)

Saturday, June 19, 2021

8:30 AM to 12:45 PM – Clinical and Cognitive QEEG BP

(4 Hours)

  • Clinical presentation and the EEG
  • Cognitive and clinical changes after neurofeedback training
  • Brodmann areas
  • LORETA and sLORETA
  • Clinical and cognitive changes

Lunch: 12:45 PM to 1:45 PM

1:45 PM to 2:45 PM – Montages, Spectral, Topo QEEG BP

(1 Hour)

  • Coherence
  • Phase
  • Interpretation of EEG connectivity

2:45 PM to 3:45 PM – QEEG Analysis & Neurofeedback Application

(1 Hour)

  • Coherence
  • Phase
  • Interpretation of EEG connectivity

4:00 PM to 7:00 PM – Practicum, Artifact QEEG BP – Presented by Richard McAlister

(3 Hours)

  • Using automated report generator software to edit and analyze EEG
  • Using BrainAvatar and related software to edit and analyze EEG

Thomas Collura
Ph.D, QEEG-D, BCN, LPCC-S

Richard McAlister
QEEG-D,DC, BCN

Friday, July 9, 2021

8:30 AM to 10:30 AM – Editing , Artifacts QEEG BP

(2 Hours)

  • Physiologic and extra-physiologic artifacts
  • Motion
  • Environment

10:45 AM to 12:45 PM – Database Analysis QEEG BP

(2 Hours)

  • T-test
  • Alpha and p levels
  • Statistical correlation
  • Z-scores

Lunch: 12:45 PM to 1:45 PM
1:45 PM to 2:15 PM – Clinical and Cognitive Aspects QEEG BP

(0.5 Hours)

  • EEG origins
  • EEG signatures that should be referred out to other professionals

2:15 PM to 4:15 PM – Montages, Spectral, Topo QEEG BP

(2 Hours)

  • Montages
  • Transforms
  • Power displays
  • Signal frequency sources in the brain

4:30 PM to 7:00 PM – Practicum, Artifact QEEG BP

(2.5 Hours)

  • Detection of artifacts arising from physiological sources

Harry Kerasidis
MD, QEEG-D

Saturday, July 10, 2021

8:30 AM to 11:00 AM- Database Analysis QEEG BP

(2.5 Hours)

  • Subject inclusion and exclusion criteria
  • Fundamental statistical considerations

11:15 AM to 12:15 PM – Montages, Spectral, Topo QEEG BP

(1 Hour)

  • Montages
  • Transforms
  • Power displays
  • Signal frequency sources in the brain

12:15 AM to 12:45 PM – Practicum, Artifact QEEG BP

(0.5 Hour)

  • Use of Report Generator related software to artifact
  • Edit and analyze EEG

Lunch: 12:45 PM to 1:45 PM
1:45 PM to 3:45 PM – Drugs QEEG BP

(2 Hours)

  • Psychopharmacology and the effects of drugs on the EEG

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM – Clinical and Cognitive Aspects QEEG BP

(2 Hours)

  • Developmental changes in the EEG
  • Origins of the EEG
  • Networks

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM – QEEG Analysis & Neurofeedback Application

(1 Hour)


David Cantor
Ph.D, QEEG-D

Friday, July 30, 2021

9:00 AM to 10:45 AM

  • Report construction student presentation and review
  • Review
    • Choosing the proper montage
    • qEEG analysis
    • Protocol Selection

11:00 AM to 12:45 PM

  • Longitudinal Bipolar (Double Banana) Montage Presentations
  • Artifact in the Double Banana Montage

Lunch: 12:45 PM to 2:00 PM
2:00 PM to 3:45 PM

  • Study Presentations by students
  • Study Presentations by Instructor

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

  • Review exam questions – Technical Foundations
  • Review exam questions – Thatcher

Jeffrey Reich
QEEG-D,DC, BCN

Thomas Collura
Ph.D, QEEG-D, BCN, LPCC-S

Saturday, July 31, 2021

9:00 AM to 10:45 AM

  • Database Construction
    • qEEGPro Database

11:00 AM to 12:45 PM

  • Medication Presentation

Lunch: 12:45 PM to 2:00 PM
2:00 PM to 3:45 PM

  • Medication Presentation continued if necessary
  • Coherence Review
  • Study Presentations by students
  • Study Presentations by Instructor

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

  • i. Studies continued if necessary
  • ii. Final Q & A to include
    • Raw EEG interpretation
    • Artifact
    • Studies
    • Student Concerns

Jeffrey Reich
QEEG-D,DC, BCN

Thomas Collura
Ph.D, QEEG-D, BCN, LPCC-S

Andre Keizer
PhD